whipping
/ˈwɪpɪŋ/noun, verb
whipping is spelled W-H-I-P-P-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, whipping means “The punishment of being whipped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of whipping is whippings.
How many letters and syllables are in whipping?
| Letters | 8: W-H-I-P-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is whipping?
Whipping appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce whipping?
- /ˈwɪpɪŋ/
- /ˈʍɪpɪŋ/
Whipping has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-whipping.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of whipping
- whippings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does whipping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The punishment of being whipped.
- 2
A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
- 3
A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream to produce whipped cream.
- 4
A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
- 5
The lashing of the end of a rope.
- 6
The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of whip
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Whipping in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | fustigamiento , montaje, batimiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.